To Troll or Not to Troll: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Online Aggression and Trolling Behavior with Political Communication

• In Event: Contentious Political Communication

Brief Overview

Why do people troll, and how do people respond to trolling when they encounter it online? We examine these questions using survey experiments where we randomly assign trolling content.

Authors

• Benjamin Benjamin Taylor, Kennesaw State University

• Sean Richey, Georgia State University